The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-20
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

A Prominent Young Planter of Ogle-
thorpe County Has a Narrow Es-
cape from Being Killed-Athens and
the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton.
All the Wilkes county ministers have
been returned.
The trustees of the Pickett Station
Academy at Newman have selected Prof. w.
S. Featherston as principal for the ensuing
year, who will assume charge at once.
Newman Advertiser: Rev. E. ]. Beadles
left this week for his appointment in South
west Georgia. He will serve four churches,
but his family will reside at Cuthbert
Toccoa News: Monday evening, near
Frank Cokers, Marion O'Shields and Jas.
A. Smith engaged in a small sized fight
which resulted in Smith cutting O'Shields
in the calf of the leg and in the thigh. DR.
McJunkin was called and dressed the
wounds Both parties were arrested Tues
day and bound over to Habersham Superior
Court
Washington Chronicle: We learn from a
letter from the contractor that the monu-
ment for Gen. Toombs has been at last SHIPPED
from Italy This is the third monument
that has been built The first was lost at
sea. A bed of crystals was found in the
second after all had been completed except
the base block The monument will be
erected Immediately upon arrival.
The residence of John NJ. Dexter in Dix
vile, near Brunswick, had a narrow escape
from destruction on Thursday night. His
hired man discovered the back end Of his
store room was on fire just after supper and
gave the alarm. With the timely aid of a
hand pump and the assistance of neighbors
the flames were extinguished before much
damage was. done. About S25 will cover the
loss.
John johnson, who twenty-one years ago,
one night while his young wife, whom he
had just married about year before, was
on a trip to Athens, disappeared and was
never heard from, has returned to Daniels
vile. He has lived most of the time in
Oregon, where he owns ZOO head of cattle.
He has plenty of money. A year ago his
wife obtained divorce. He has not met
her yet.
Newnansville Advertiser: The rapscal-
lion who despoiled our hen coop last week,
instead of taking the consequences" with
which we threatened him, seems to have
preferred chickens. He came back Friday
night and stole two more. As we have pre-
scented the remaining pair to Bob Brown
this is to give notice that we have
retired from the poultry business per-
manently
T. J. Bagley, of Milledgeville, was thrown
from buggy and badly hurt Wednesday
evening. He was returning from a trip in
the country, and while on the Supplies place,
where the rublic road runs parallel with the
railroad, the train came up, frightening his
horse, which ran away with him, upsetting
the vehicle and throwing him out. He
suffered by the fall internally, but is able to
be about.
& IN. do lae
inent young planter of Oglethorpe county,
was returning h re from Athens in buggy
drawn by horse and mule, when his UNI
brella fell out, and on reaching Tor it his
team took fright. and on grasping the lines
TO stop them. he was drawn between the
wheels and badly gashed on the face and
across the eye. One leg was also bruised.
The injuries are not serious, but will keep
Mr.. Black confined to his room for several
days. Mr. Black skillfully succeeded in
stopping his team, despite the awkward
and trying position in which he was
thrown.
Milledgeville Chronicle: A young man,
about Is years old, living near Stevens
pottery, named Ben Finney, accidentally
SHOT himself in the arm last Saturday even
ing while returning home from the pottery
1t seems that he was in wagon and had a
sIngle-barreled shotgun. In endeavoring
TO get out of the wagon he allowed the ham
mer to strike the body of the wagon, which
discharged the gun and emptied the load
into his right arm at the shoulder. Drs.
Gilmore and Robinson were summoned and
dressed the wound Although it was very
severe, the physicians decided not to ampu-
tate the limb. When last heard from the
lad was doing as well as could be expected
Washington Chronicle: A traveller from
Broad river Thursday evening told us that
~ hi "a Oh n
turkey which fell into the river. This was
unfortunate, but Christmas was too near at
hand TO give up such valuable game with
ont struggle, so quickly disrobing he
plunged into the chilly water of the Broad
and came out with his turkey. This heroic
deed of Benny's has only been rivaled by
Byron in swimming the Hellespont and
tempting to rescue watermelon, but we
are glad to state that our hero was more
fortunate than either, as the negro was
drowned and Lord Byron had the ague
while at last reports Benny was doing
well
The Building Committee of the Young
Mems Christian Association of Athens held
another meeting on Friday afternoon tc
formulate plans for obtaining the balance
of the money required to begin operations
on the proposed building, which they are
determined to build as soon as all arrange
nnents can be made. About 1900 was re-
ported as subscribed, and as soon as the
amount they need is subscribed full list OF
all the subscribers will be published, who
have been the friends of the enterprise
Magniicently appointed buildings are being
put up all over the land for the young men
and Athens will no doubt soon boast of a
finely equipped association building that
viii be attractive and beneficial to hel
young men in every way.
Saturday afternoon little Willie Moore
sustained painful and serious accident al
the elevator mills, near the Northeastern
Railroad depot, at Athens. He is just ter
years old, and is the son of Mrs. Kate
Moore. of Athens. The little boy wa.
hunting pigeons in the mill, and making a
nisstep, fell from the third floor into the
elevator shaft. The shaft sinks into a deen
well-like cellar, and the box
must have fallen forty feet. Hi!
little brother gave the alarm, and in
few minutes John Cain rushed to the ele
vator shaft A colored man was dashed will
rope and let down into the shaft. He Sc
cured the limp form of the bruised sufferer
and soon had him safely landed. He wa
carried to the residence of his mother neal
by, and DR. Gerdine was summoned to at
tend him Saturday night little Willie wa,
speeches., and il was feared he had sus
tanned some serious blow upon the head.
FLORIDA.